CoM began on a losing note with D Bapat going down to N Joshi, but were back on track with A Bokil and P Chitale winning their ties against A Shendarkar and Rahul Joshi. However, Bokil failed to keep up his good work as he went down to N Joshi 19-21, 22-20, 17-21 to square the rubber at two games apiece.In the decider, Bapat who began CoM's campaign with a loss turned tables and came good when it mattered most to blank A Shendarkar who lost his second consecutive encounter 21-15, 21-12.

Overall, Deccan Gymkhana teams had a field day with their `A', `C', `D' and `E' teams posting identical 3-0 wins over their opponents.

A total of 21 teams are in fray in the eight-day tournament which is being played at four centers -- Deccan Gymkhana, Sharda Centre, Symbiosis Spa and Club of Maharashtra. The tourney following a league-cum-knock-out basis is a prelude to the season proper and helps players get in touch for the open tournaments to follow.

A total of 95 players constituting 21 teams are taking part in the meet.

RESULTS
Deccan Gymkhana `C' b School of Table Tennis `B' 3-0 (Amit Gadreb Ajay Deshpande 21-5, 21-14; Aashay Paradkar b Nilesh Hulyale 21-17, 21-18; Sudesh Shelar b Rohit Dharpale 21-14, 21-17).

Deccan Gymkhana `A' b Girja Shankar Vihar `B' 3-0 (Anand Kale b Abhinav Shetty 21-15, 21-16; Rohit Chowdhary b Nischint Mahaval 21-15, 21-13; Adrait Sukhtankar b Aman Shetty 21-18, 21-15).

Club of Maharashtra `A' b Sharda Centre `C' 3-2 (D Bapat lost to N Joshi 11-21, 13-25; A BOkil b A Shendarkar 21-19, 18-21, 21-10; P Chitale b Rahul Joshi 21-7, 21-16; A Bokil lost N Joshi 19-21, 22-20, 17-21, D Bapatbeat A Shendarkar 21-15).

Deccan Gymkhana `E' b Sharda Centre `E' 3-0; Deccan Gymkhana `D' b Symbiosis Spa `B' 3-0.